Muslim teen Yasmin Seweid arrested for lying about Trump supporter subway attack

A Muslim teenager accused of mendacity to police about being racially abused by three drunk Trump supporters on a Manhattan practice appeared in courtroom with a shaved head - a punishment ordered by her Egyptian dad and mom for bringing disgrace to their household.

Yasmin Seweid was arraigned at Manhattan's Legal Court docket on Wednesday for falsely reporting an incident to police and obstructing governmental administration.

The 18-year-old claimed she was singled out by the hate-spewing Trump supporters on December 1 who branded her a 'terrorist' and tried to tear off her hijab when she boarded a subway on her method residence from faculty.

She shared particulars of the ordeal on Fb and gained the assist of different social media customers. 

Days after reporting the crime, Seweid went lacking, sparking a lacking particular person's enchantment and one other giant police effort. 

Sources say she made up the flowery story to cowl up for the actual fact she had been out consuming late with buddies. 

Her dad and mom ordered her to shave her head as punishment for the scandal. They're additionally stated to disapprove of her Christian boyfriend, The New York Every day Information studies.

Yasmin Seweid, 18, was arrested by police on Wednesday for submitting a false report after she claimed she was referred to as a terrorist by Donald Trump supporters on a New York subway practice. She is pictured proper with a shaved head in courtroom

Amongst these to assist her in courtroom on Wednesday was Seweid's older brother Abdoul who was himself arrested in 2012 for mendacity to police. 

He claimed his buddy had been 'assaulted by three unknown males', however was later charged amongst different youngsters with breaking into automobiles to steal their worthwhile contents close to their residence in New Hyde Park.

Seweid, who's a enterprise main at New York's Baruch Faculty, initially advised police she was harassed by three males when she bought on the No. 6 practice on the 23rd Road station in Manhattan on December 1. 

She claimed the drunken white males taunted her, telling her 'you do not belong right here' and referred to her hijab as a 'rag.'

Seweid additionally reported that one of many males grabbed her bag, breaking the strap, and one other tried to take off her hijab earlier than she fled the practice at Grand Central Station to try to flag down police.

She posted concerning the 'traumatizing' ordeal on Fb and it shortly went viral.

'Irrespective of how 'cultured' or 'Americanized' I'm, these folks do not see me as an American,' she wrote.

'It breaks my coronary heart that so many people selected to be bystanders whereas watching me get harassed verbally and bodily by these disgusting pigs.'

Yasmin Seweid was arrested by police on Wednesday for submitting a false report. She is pictured right here in courtroom

Yasmin's new look was apparently the results of an order given by her dad and mom. Her father Sayed accompanied her in courtroom on Wednesday (above collectively)  

Police initially investigated the case as an anti-Muslim bias incident and spent vital assets attempting to trace down these accountable. 

Seweid even supplied police with an outline of the 'suspects', one in all whom cops thought they noticed on video following her when she bought off the subway at Grand Central Terminal, based on the New York Every day Information.

'She had quite a few alternatives to confess nothing occurred and she or he saved sticking by her story', police stated.  

Authorities checked out surveillance footage however couldn't discover proof to corroborate Seweid's story. 

Investigators had referred to as within the Lengthy Island teen on Wednesday to work on one other sketch of her 'attackers' and confronted her with the inconsistencies, the New York Put up reported. 

Seweid's older brother Abdoul (above) was arrested in 2012 for submitting a false police report claiming he had been assaulted. He later confronted fees for breaking in to automobiles to steal their contents 

Abdoul lined his sister's head along with his jacket as they left the courtroom on Wednesday afternoon 

Seweid's older brother Abdoul  (left) was later charged with stealing from automobiles. Her older sister Sara (proper) is vocally anti-Trump 

Earlier this 12 months Sara, Yasmin's sister, shared calling for Trump to be deported 

'Nothing occurred, and there was no sufferer', an officer advised the New York Every day Information. 

That is when she lastly admitted to police that she had fabricated the story, saying she did not need her dad and mom indignant along with her for breaking curfew after being out late consuming with buddies.

Seweid's strict, Muslim-Egyptian dad and mom allegedly compelled her to shave her head over the incident and are upset she is courting a Christian. 

She has reportedly been having issues along with her household in North New Hyde Park as a result of they really feel she's turning into 'westernized', a supply advised the New York Put up.  

Seweid was charged with submitting a false report and obstructing governmental administration. 

She wrote a Fb submit on December 1 detailing an incident during which she was harassed by males who referred to as her a 'terrorist'

Seweid reported that one of many males grabbed her bag, breaking the strap, and one other tried to take off her hijab earlier than she fled the practice at Grand Central Station to try to flag down police

She was launched with out bail early Thursday morning following her arraignment in Manhattan Legal Court docket.  

Neither Seweid or her lawyer Benjamin J West would remark, and she or he did not converse contained in the courtroom.  Seweid faces as much as a 12 months in jail.  

disappeared for a number of days after the ordeal and was reported lacking by her father Sayeed Seweid. 

He was shocked to study of her arrest, based on DNA Data.  

'You attempt to elevate your kids as greatest you'll be able to. Possibly she was afraid that night time. She was working late,' he stated.

'She's a vibrant, good woman. She's younger and perhaps she was silly right here. Younger youngsters, you already know, you do not perceive their mentality.'

Seweid's older sister Sara recurrently posts her political opinions on Fb. Amongst pictures shared is one calling for President-elect Trump to be deported.

She couldn't be reached for touch upon Thursday.  

Seweid, who's a pupil at New York's Baruch Faculty, initially advised police she was harassed by three males when she bought on a practice on the 23rd Road station (pictured) on December 1

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